Pdf Signer Tool Guide

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PDF Signing Tool Guide
GlobalSign PDF Signing Tool
Before you Begin- Please Note the Following:
1. Please note that this tool currently only works with Internet Explorer
2. This is a Free tool available to test sign PDFs, GlobalSign does not offer support of any kind for this tool.
3. PDFSigner signs PDFs documents only
4. PDFSigner utilizes digital certificates stored in Windows Trust store or on USB tokens or Smartcards that
have Windows certificate compatible drivers
5. All users are bound to the terms and conditions of the PDFSigner Agreement
6. To receive the full benefits of on-line revocation checking and/or Timestamping service (if the digital
certificate you selected supports these features) you must be “on-line” for the PDF Signing tool to access
the Internet
7. GlobalSign’s PDFSigner tool is available at http://www.globalsign.com/pdf-signing-tool/
Part 1- Choose Digital Signature Materials
The “Digital Signature Materials” is the information needed to create the digital signature
Step 1- Select your GlobalSign Certificate
Using the drop down menu, select the Digital Certificate that you want to use to digitally sign your PDF document.
(The PDF Signer tool will automatically recognize all certificates you have installed on your computer)
Step 2- Timestamp Option (optional)
Optionally, tick “Add timestamp” if you want to add a time stamp to the document. The “time stamp” tool only
works with a GlobalSign DocumentSign CDS certificate. Otherwise leave un-ticked.
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Step 3- Select your PDF file
Click “browse” and select the PDF file you want to digitally sign
Step 4- Create optional Signer Information
Include optional information that will appear in the digital signature include:
1. Reason- reason for signing the document (e.g. I approve; I have reviewed this document, I am the author of this
document, & etc)
2. Location- such as city, state, country, and/or locality
3. Contact- such as an email address
Then Click “Next” (you may have to scroll down to view the “next” button)
Part 2- Visible Signature Options- There are several configuration options available to create a visible signature
within your PDF document including the appearance of your signature.
Step 5- Create a Visible Signature-optional
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To Create a Visible Signature:
1. Tick off the box “Create visible signature” (e.g. logo, hand written signature, etc)
2. Select either “Image + Description” or “image only”
• Image + Description- If you intend to have both an “image” and the “Signer Information” previously
provided (reason, location, and contact)
• Image only- if you want to have only an “image” displayed
Examples below:
Image + Description Image Only
3. Next, browse for a previously saved .gif, .jpg, or .bmp image
4. Optionally, if a “Signature field” was previously placed in the PDF you wish to sign, you may designate the name
of that field as a place for the signature to be applied.
Step 6- Create Signature Position
1. Designate the placement of the signature in one of two ways:
a. General area of the PDF e.g. Top Right, Bottom left etc.
b. X, Y coordinate
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2. Then select which page the signature should be applied to. This setting is only significant to documents with
multiple pages
Part 3- Accept Subscriber Agreement and Save PDF Document
Step 7 – Accept the PDF Signing Tool Terms of Use and click save
Accept the PDF Signing Tool Terms of Use by ticking off “I have read and understand the Subscriber Agreement
above” and then save the file by clicking “Save”
Step 8- Authenticate to Device (For Certificates secured on a USB or Smartcard)
If you are using a digital certificate secured on a USB token or Smartcard, you will now be prompted to
authenticate to the device to access the private key. Example using a SafeNet USB token below:
Step 9- Your PDF was generated successfully
The digital signature was successful when the following message is displayed:
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Step 10- Validate your Document
To view and validate your digitally signed document, you will need to locate the file and open.
Below is a sample of a Digitally Signed Document using the PDF Signer Tool
1. A blue bar will appear at the top of the PDF Document displaying a digital “certifying” signature.
2. The “Signature Panel” allows you to view the signature details. The Signature details will be displayed on
the left hand side screen which will include the signature details.
3. If a “visible” signature was chosen it will appear in the location you specified during the signing wizard.
The example above is an example of an “image only” visible signature, where the image is a digitalized
hand-written signature.
*Note signature validation experience will vary depending on the type of digital certificate used and / or either the
default or modified security settings of the PDF Reader.
Interested in understanding how you can produce an instantly validated signature? Contact GlobalSign Sales for
more information or visit our website at http://www.globalsign.com/document-security-compliance/adobe-cds/.
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